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Old street pics..

Does anyone know where Moat Row is in Birmingham? I know Moat Lane and Moat Street but the "Row" is a mystery to me.
 
As Brummie nick says. Moat Row in red
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Thank you both for pointing it out. :cower: I've been down there many a time and never noticed the name. :pirate:
 
Oisin this is what Wikepedia says

Today, the area has completely disappeared. Smithfield Markets expanded to become the Bull Ring Indoor Market was rebuilt and opened before the redevelopment of the Bullring Shopping Centre. Outdoor markets are held outside the entrance. The Bull Ring Rag Market was demolished as part of the development and a multi-storey car park was constructed. The markets adopted the name of the Bull Ring and lost the Smithfield name. The original site of the Smithfield market is now Moat Lane car park. Smithfield Street, which connected Bradford Street (then Moat Row) to Digbeth High Street was renamed Mill Lane.[SUP][11][/SUP]
There are very few reminders of the existence of Smithfield. Smithfield House, an office building with ground floor retail, once occupied by Reddingtons Rare Records,[SUP][12][/SUP] bounded by Upper Mill Lane, Moat Lane and Digbeth High Street is directly opposite the site of the old market. Inside the new multi-storey car park on Pershore Street is a walkway called Smithfield Passage.
The name of Moat Lane is a reference to the moat that once encircled the manor house on the site.
 
Moat Row was a continuation of Bromsgrove St from Jamaica Row down to Smithfield, this photo taken in 1886 was taken from the corner of Bromsgrove St. Once again I know that Mikejee has a more recent photo taken by himself just before demolition.
 

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Brilliant one of Green Road ford, Bernie. Even I don't remember that version of the footbridge!

Maurice
 
I remember it from the end of the war onwards. I presume the bridge had by then been made higher to ensure it wasn't destroyed in flooding. It's roughly the same height now, except that it's now steel rather than timber. I can also remember when there were cattle in the field on the right and a bit of barbed wire was strung across the right hand side of the ford to prevent them straying into the road.

Maurice
 
berniew that TS,41 in bottom RH corner could be year 1941, just a thought. I was 11 in 1941 and those are the stlye of clothes we would wear Eric
 
brummie nick said:
Reference picture #3209 I remember those almshouses in Warner Street there was a gateway in the wall to enter them.

Nick
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But what's that lady got on her head, a chamber pot?
There's some cracking pictures there Bernie. I particularly like the composition of #3207 and the lighting in #3210 is incredible.
 
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